Photo © Sloans & Kenyon — view this lot on Sloans & Kenyon ↗Tranquil Seascape, circa 1940
Oil · Board
Sloans & Kenyon · Oct 9, 2025$1,500 ≈ £1,122 ≈ €1,292Sign up free to see price
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At Cypress Point
William Posey Silva (American, 1859–1948)
$4,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ £2,053≈ €2,854
Hammer $3,500 · with buyer’s premium $4,200
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas on panel”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 13 3/4 x 17 1/2in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and American Paintings and Sculpture (15416)
- Date
- December 10, 2007
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 114
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £2,444 – £3,422) (≈ €3,397 – €4,756)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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